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Steel Empire cover art

Steel Empire

mebius. · 2018-09-13

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 31, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Sep 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Steel Empire is a steam punk shoot'em up game featuring a frantic combat filled with powerful enemies and insane obstacles. Enjoy a beautiful world and retro game-play as you dodge and shoot your way through classical stages to fight the evil empire!

Steel Empire is an Action game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 113 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 113 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Steel Empire is a horizontally scrolling shooter released on the Sega Genesis in 1992. Versions for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 3DS were released in 2004 and 2014, respectively. The game was released on the Nintendo Switch at the end of July 2025.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 109% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-02-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492018-09-132026-07-242018-09-13 — best price $10.042018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $5.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-03-12 — best price $7.492020-05-06 — best price $14.992020-08-17 — best price $2.992020-10-19 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-08-18 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-04-24 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-09 — best price $11.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-31 — best price $14.992026-02-16 — best price $14.992026-04-05 — best price $11.242026-05-09 — best price $14.992026-07-17 — best price $11.242026-07-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

57142026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-05 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 28 pageviews2026-06-13 — 27 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-29 — 28 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 25 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 33 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 25 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 34 pageviews2026-08-12 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 32 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-28 — 18 pageviews2026-09-01 — 45 pageviews2026-09-05 — 38 pageviews2026-09-09 — 57 pageviews2026-09-13 — 31 pageviews2026-09-17 — 31 pageviews2026-09-21 — 22 pageviews2026-09-25 — 30 pageviews2026-09-29 — 30 pageviews2026-10-03 — 27 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews2026-10-10 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
33.7%
earned "FLIGHT CADET"
30.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DDramaIndieRetroActionCasualClassicSteampunkAtmosphericShoot 'Em Up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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